AC Milan vs Paris Saint-Germain, 2023-24 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage
· UEFA Champions LeagueMilan come from behind to beat PSG and top group
AC Milan striker Olivier Giroud's powerful header early in the second half secured a 2-1 Champions League Group F home victory over Paris St Germain in a pulsating match on Tuesday for the first win in this season's competition by the Italian side.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt saved. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 4': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Davide Calabria.
- 5': Attempt blocked. Randal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a cross.
- 6': Attempt missed. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Rafael Leão with a cross.
- 8': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
- 8': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Yunus Musah.
- 9': Attempt missed. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Vitinha with a cross following a corner.
- 9': Goal! AC Milan 0, Paris Saint Germain 1. Milan Skriniar (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marquinhos following a corner.
- 10': Foul by Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint Germain).
- 10': Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Attempt saved. Yunus Musah (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Davide Calabria with a cross.
- 12': Attempt saved. Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.
- 12': Attempt saved. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rafael Leão.
- 12': Goal! AC Milan 1, Paris Saint Germain 1. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
- 16': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Marquinhos.
- 16': Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain).
- 16': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 19': Attempt missed. Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
- 21': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Paris Saint Germain).
- 21': Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 22': Attempt blocked. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Davide Calabria.
- 23': Foul by Randal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint Germain).
- 23': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 24': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 24': Foul by Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain).
- 24': Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 25': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Randal Kolo Muani with a through ball following a fast break.
- 27': Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Warren Zaïre-Emery.
- 27': Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek following a fast break.
- 28': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Randal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint Germain).
- 29': Randal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 31': Foul by Manuel Ugarte (Paris Saint Germain).
- 31': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 32': Attempt saved. Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 35': Offside, AC Milan. Fikayo Tomori tries a through ball, but Davide Calabria is caught offside.
- 37': Attempt missed. Rafael Leão (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Tijjani Reijnders.
- 40': Attempt missed. Christian Pulisic (AC Milan) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Davide Calabria.
- 41': Attempt saved. Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.
- 42': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Davide Calabria.
- 43': Foul by Manuel Ugarte (Paris Saint Germain).
- 43': Théo Hernández (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Manuel Ugarte (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Attempt blocked. Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.
- 45': Attempt missed. Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Vitinha.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, AC Milan 1, Paris Saint Germain 1.
- 45': Second Half begins AC Milan 1, Paris Saint Germain 1.
- 46': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Rafael Leão.
- 48': Attempt missed. Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
- 50': Goal! AC Milan 2, Paris Saint Germain 1. Olivier Giroud (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Théo Hernández with a cross.
- 53': Davide Calabria (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 53': Foul by Vitinha (Paris Saint Germain).
- 55': Foul by Lucas Hernández (Paris Saint Germain).
- 55': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 55': Lucas Hernández (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 55': Delay in match because of an injury Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan).
- 57': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 60': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Gonçalo Ramos replaces Randal Kolo Muani.
- 60': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Fabián Ruiz replaces Manuel Ugarte.
- 60': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Lee Kang-In replaces Vitinha.
- 62': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Paris Saint Germain).
- 62': Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Attempt saved. Théo Hernández (AC Milan) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 63': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
- 64': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Nordi Mukiele replaces Lucas Hernández.
- 65': Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
- 66': Foul by Yunus Musah (AC Milan).
- 66': Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Yunus Musah (AC Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 67': Attempt blocked. Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Milan Skriniar.
- 67': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Rafael Leão.
- 68': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Fikayo Tomori.
- 69': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gonçalo Ramos.
- 69': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Mike Maignan.
- 70': Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 70': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Paris Saint Germain).
- 73': Foul by Tijjani Reijnders (AC Milan).
- 73': Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Attempt blocked. Milan Skriniar (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 76': Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Ousmane Dembélé tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
- 80': Foul by Milan Skriniar (Paris Saint Germain).
- 80': Rafael Leão (AC Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 80': Milan Skriniar (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Foul by Malick Thiaw (AC Milan).
- 81': Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Delay in match because of an injury Rafael Leão (AC Milan).
- 84': Substitution, AC Milan. Rade Krunic replaces Yunus Musah.
- 85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 85': Substitution, AC Milan. Noah Okafor replaces Rafael Leão because of an injury.
- 85': Attempt saved. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 85': Corner, AC Milan. Conceded by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Ruben Loftus-Cheek (AC Milan) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Rade Krunic.
- 86': Attempt missed. Noah Okafor (AC Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Ruben Loftus-Cheek following a corner.
- 89': Lee Kang-In (Paris Saint Germain) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Achraf Hakimi.
- 89': Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Bradley Barcola replaces Milan Skriniar.
- 90'+1': Delay in match because of an injury Christian Pulisic (AC Milan).
- 90'+2': Substitution, AC Milan. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Christian Pulisic because of an injury.
- 90'+2': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+3': Corner, Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Alessandro Florenzi.
- 90'+5': Foul by Alessandro Florenzi (AC Milan).
- 90'+5': Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+8': Attempt missed. Gonçalo Ramos (Paris Saint Germain) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 90'+9': Second Half ends, AC Milan 2, Paris Saint Germain 1.
- 0': Match ends, AC Milan 2, Paris Saint Germain 1.
Statistics
PSG |
MIL![]() |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 5 |
| 5 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 6 | Saves | 5 |
| 69.3 | Possession | 30.7 |
| 17 | SHOTS | 16 |
| 6 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 537 | Accurate Passes | 193 |
| 589 | Passes | 255 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 6 |
| 23 | Crosses | 12 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.5 |
| 32 | Long Balls | 43 |
| 15 | Accurate Long Balls | 19 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 5 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 13 | Tackles | 17 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 7 |
| 11 | Effective Clearances | 30 |
| 11 | Clearances | 30 |
Game Information
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 75,649
Line-Ups
AC Milan (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Mike Maignan (GK) |
| 28 | Malick Thiaw |
| 23 | Fikayo Tomori |
| 19 | Theo Hernández |
| 2 | Davide Calabria |
| 8 | Ruben Loftus-Cheek |
| 80 | Yunus Musah |
| 14 | Tijjani Reijnders |
| 9 | Olivier Giroud |
| 10 | Rafael Leão |
| 11 | Christian Pulisic |
Paris Saint-Germain (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 99 | Gianluigi Donnarumma (GK) |
| 37 | Milan Skriniar |
| 5 | Marquinhos |
| 21 | Lucas Hernández |
| 2 | Achraf Hakimi |
| 4 | Manuel Ugarte |
| 17 | Vitinha |
| 33 | Warren Zaïre-Emery |
| 23 | Randal Kolo Muani |
| 7 | Kylian Mbappé |
| 10 | Ousmane Dembélé |
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